Milk-recejver



(No Model.)

C. M. WILKINS. MILK REGEIVBR.

Patented July 1-4, 1896.'

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. WILKINS, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

MILK-RECEIVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,131, dated .T uly 14, 1896. Application iile. February 2S, 1896. SerialNo. 581,192. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M.W1LK1Ns,. of lVilmington, in the county of Newcastle and State of Delaware, have invented new and useful Improvements in Milk-Receivers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to devices designed to be placed within a house, and adapted to receive milk poured through a funnel from the outside of the house, and the main object is to provide such a receptacle that can not be tampered with by persons on the outside of the house,- and in which the contents may be wholly protected from dirt or dust.

A further object is to provide a device for this purpose which is comparatively cheap, and therefore within the reach of all, and which may be easily cleaned when required.

I will describe a milk-receiver embodying my invention, and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional perspective view of the device embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a removable top portion of a container for the milk-receiver. Fig. 3 is a vertical section showing the fixed portion of the container of the milk-receiver; and Fig. 4l is a plan view of a cover employed for covering a hole through the door or other structure to which the device is to be applied, the said cover serving to exclude dirt or dust or the elements from the device.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a box-like receptacle open at its top, and adapted to be secured to the inner side of the door of a building, as here shown by means of screws passing through perforations in flanges a, extended laterally from the receptacle.

A is the upper portion of the receptacle, having a horizontal portion a adapted to lit over the top of the receptacle A in the forni of a cover, and having a vertical portion a2, with an open front normally closed by a door as, hinged at its top to the upperportion of the vertical portion a2, so as to swing with its lower end inward.

It will be seen that the door a3 is hung at a downward and an inward angle, so that it will automatically close when relieved of the pressure applied for opening it. The parts so far described may be made of any suitable material, such, for instance, as sheet metal, iron, or wood may be employed.

Vithin the receptacle A is designed to be placed a milk-receiver A3, consisting of any desired material, such as glass, porcelain, or agate ware. In the upper portion of the opposite walls this milk-receiver A3 is provided with inwardly-extended llanges a, which will serve as handles for the purpose of placing the receiver within the receptacle A, and removing it therefrom.

B designates a tube adapted to bepassed through an opening b, made in the door B' for the purpose of conveying milk to the receptacle A3. This tube is curbed from end to end, or is substantially of S-forni. The inner end, however, has a greater curve than the other end, so that it may extend over the vertical portion c of the receptacle part A/, as indicated in Fig. l. The outer end of the tube B is provided with a funnel B2, and also with a handle b. In order to prevent the entrance of dust or dirt through the opening b, I provide a swinging cover h2, having pivotal connection with a ring b3, secured to the outer side of the door and surrounding the opening b.

lt is to be understood that the person delivering the milk will retain the tube B in his possession, or carry it from place to place, where devices of this character are used. Then it is desired to pour milk into a receiver, the milkman will insert the tube B through the opening l?, and the lower end of said tube will come in contact with the lower portion of the outer side of the swinging door a3 and force the same open, and when in this position the end of the tube B will be in communication'with the interior of the milkre ceiver, so that the milk may be poured therefrom through the funnel B2.

It will be seen that the rear wall of the receiver A3 extends upward above the end of the tube B when said tube is in position, sov

that the milk will be prevented from ilowing over to the outer side of the said receiver. The rear wall of the receptacle A is also extended upward, as indicated at a5, above the mouth of the, tube. The objeetof this, however, is to merely serve to receive therv stream of milk should the receiver A3 be accidentally omitted from the device.

In practice it may be advisable to place a mark on the tube B to indicate the distance the tube is to be inserted. This may be done by forming a shoulder on the tube or by painting a band thereon.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Amilk-receiver, comprising a receptacle adapted to be secured to the inner side of a building, a removable top for said receptacle, said removable top having a vertical portion open at its front, a swinging door for said opening, and a curved millctube adapted to be inserted through an opening in the Wall or door of a building, and engage its lower end with the swinging door to open the same and provide communication between said milk-tube and the interior of the receptacle, substantially as specified.

2. In a device for the purpose described, a receptacle comprising a fixed portion, a removable upper portion, a swinging door for the inner side of a door, and having its rear Wall extended above the plane of its other Walls, a milk-receiver adapted to be placed in A the receptacle, and having an extended rear wall, inwardly-extended ianges forming handles, inthe upper portion of said receiver, a removable upper portion for the receptacle, forming the cover for the said receptacle,

-and having a vertical portion provided with a door-closed opening, and a curved milk-t ubc adapted to engage its inner end with the door of said opening,` to force the same open, and provide a communication with the interior of the milk-receiver, substantially as speciiied.

CHARLES M. lVlLKlNS.

NVitnesses:

WALTER TAZEWELL, JENNETTE Y. LEARY. 

